There is no total control, but even idea about it is so abusive.
I hope everyone saw this nice movie starring Jim Carrey. Why does this story ring so true? Why are the main ideas so easy to understand and imagine as much as the reality in Enemy of the State with Will Smith? Is the possibility of total control so distinct?
Nowadays everybody has a cell phone and the SIM-card. We change our cell phones too fast for the new models under advertisement or manufacturers pressure. And when previous models are out of order, it looks like somebody reduced useful life for all modern gadgets intentionally. However information about us such as cell phone number, account number and all personal data is still available on our SIM-cards.
I have interested one thing from my first purchasing of SIM-card: What do they need my exact name, address and contacts for? Why do I have to confirm it by ID?
Are they trying to protect us from cheat? To protect society from using cell phones in criminal purposes? Is it protection from world terrorism? (Did not Uncle Sam protect the whole world from it by Middle Eastern expansion? No? Is some oil still there?) Or maybe they wish to send some Christmas presents with correct names on cards for us?
Very nice! Every person who wants to have a communication service and pays cash will have a number connected with his full name. Why do we have to be numbered? We just want to buy a product; we are not going to go to jail. Are we? Try to imagine, you come into some store and you are asked any ID for control of your shopping… Is it fantasy?
Overall, is the numbering of our names by SIM-numbers helpful for us? Did our society become fully protected from gangs, cheaters, terrorists and other muckers? No. This sad fact is not my problem; it is a question for police and other security agencies. So, why cannot we buy a product without any personalization, just a number?
If we note that our position can be tracked by cell phone… It’s not scaring, it’s annoying. Are all of us under control? Or maybe is somebody making the documentary movie with us?
And what about shopping? Almost all of us are using plastic cards. It is understandable when a bank asks our confirmed personal details to give us a credit card. They afraid I will buy a lot of expensive goods and run away. But why is my full name placed on my debit card?! I do not want any credit. I just want to have a service of electron system connected with my existing bank account. And I pay for it. I don’t want any badge! Why isn’t number enough? I’m sure that if my card is lost, there will be no trouble to renew it, as I am the genuine bank account holder. Why do they need it? Somebody wants to know in which grocery I am going or how many cigarettes I am smoking, does not he?
Maybe it is a protection from criminals and terrorists again. Is it legal to be of the opinion that all SIM-card and plastic card holders are potential criminals?
It feels like in theory anyone could be tracked, where he is, what he likes to buy and were he does it, with whom he is talking and what about, what he is looking for in the Internet etc. What comes next? There will be numbers and names on condoms or on toilet paper, won’t they? The main thing is that we are not protected from illegal use of our details even with surrounding secure methods. So why does that analogy with jail come in again?!
Best regards!
Milbar
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